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1/2 Giulio - Leo X
| Issuer | Pesaro (Papal States) |
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| Year | 1514-1518 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Nativity scene depicted in a rustic pictorial style characteristic of early sixteenth-century Italian hammered coinage. The Virgin Mary, nimbed, kneels at right facing left in adoration of the Christ Child, who lies upon the ground before her; St. Joseph stands behind Mary, also turned toward the Infant. A stable structure and a radiant star appear in the background, reinforcing the devotional iconography. The reverse legend encircles the scene along the beaded border, identifying the issuing city of Pesaro. |
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Pesaro passed to direct papal administration in 1513 when Giovanni di Sforza died without legitimate heirs, reverting the vicariate to Leo X just months after his own election. These small silver issues were struck under that brief window of papal municipal control before the city's political status shifted again — a narrow circumstance that makes the type historically specific rather than merely regionally so. The multiple CNI references suggest at least five die marriages recorded for this denomination alone.